Sandplay Therapy

This book on sandplay therapy discusses this unique, creative and nonverbal approach to therapy. It focuses on the author’s experiences in practice, research and teaching from both the US and Taiwan. Topics include: sandplay therapy research conducted in the US and Taiwanthe importance of symbols in sandplay therapyovercoming depression and trauma through sandplay therapy. It is essential reading for all psychotherapists involved with sandplay therapy, as well as those working with minority groups and those with an interest in cross cultural psychotherapy.Selected Contents: Part I: Research Conducted in the United States. Part II: The Author’s Sandplay Case Done in the United States. Part III: Study of the Symbol. Part IV: Author’s Sandplay Research Done in Taiwan. Part V: Author’s Sandplay Case Done in Taiwan.

"A must read for clinicians and researchers interested in the use of sandplay internationally." - Rie Rogers Mitchell, California State University, Northridge, USA and former President, Sandplay Therapists of America and Vice-President, International Society of Sandplay Therapy "Grace Hong followed her dream, and has brought sandplay to Taiwan. This book describes her experience, and the heroic task of serving as therapist, and then as teacher and supervisor to over a hundred professional people. She includes her own sandplay studies, her lens on the history of sandplay as a therapeutic modality and her research project with inner city children in Minneapolis. She is truly one of the pioneers in the development of sandplay." - Barbara Weller, from the Foreword"She is truly one of the pioneers in the development of Sandplay." - Play Therapy, Iss 64, Winter 2010-2011, "A must read for clinicians and researchers interested in the use of sandplay internationally." - Rie Rogers Mitchell, California State University, Northridge, USA and former President, Sandplay Therapists of America and Vice-President, International Society of Sandplay Therapy "Grace Hong followed her dream, and has brought sandplay to Taiwan. This book describes her experience, and the heroic task of serving as therapist, and then as teacher and supervisor to over a hundred professional people. She includes her own sandplay studies, her lens on the history of sandplay as a therapeutic modality and her research project with inner city children in Minneapolis. She is truly one of the pioneers in the development of sandplay." - Barbara Weller, from the Foreword"There's more to sandplay than messing around in the sand. Sandplay Therapy: Research and Practice delves into what Sandplay is, explaining its value to psychotherapy and its connection to the Jungian discipline of psychology. Grace L. Hong draws on both her history in America and Taiwan to provide a contrasting perspective on the practice and what it can teach psychologists. A study of symbols and the subconscious, Sandplay Therapy is a core addition to any psychological studies community or college library collection, or for those who want to study this practice of psychotherapy." - The Midwest Book Review

Grace Hong, Psy.D is a clinical psychologist. She has worked for the Hennepin County Court as a psychologist in US for thirty years and since returning home to Taiwan in 1999, she has dedicated herself in teaching sandplay therapy in her home country. She is the founding president of Taiwanese Sandplay Therapy Association and works for The Garden of Hope Foundation as an in-house consultant. She is certified in Taiwan and MN, US as a clinical psychologist and is a teaching member of the International Society of Sandplay Therapy and Sandplay Therapists of America.